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San Patricio Rangers Killed
Sixteen Texans led by Capt. James Ownsby are surrounded by Mexican dragoons at Santa Rosa, ten miles west of present-day...
Vigilantes Kill Mexican Sheepherders
Vigilantes hang seven Mexican sheepherders in Duval County (probably San Diego), suspecting them of stealing livestock.
Mob Lynches San Diego Resident
Acting in concert with local law enforcement authorities, a mob seizes a Mexican suspected in the May 9 murders of five...
Vigilantes Kill Three Mexicans
Anglo vigilantes abduct three Mexicans (Anastacio Perez, Ponciano Lerma, and Emilio Gonzalez) from jail in San Diego and...
Vigilantes Kill San Diego Resident
Vigilantes capture a Mexican wanted for murder and return him to San Diego where a local mob hangs him.
Settler Vigilantes Kill Seven Mexicans in Boerne
Settler vigilantes “indiscriminately” hang seven Mexicans in Boerne, suspecting them of involvement in a murder.
Comanches Kill Two Settlers in Tom Green County
Indians, possibly Comanches, kill Jim Cummings and another man, Compton, at Spring Creek in Tom Green County.
Two African Americans Killed in Bosque County
Sol Nicholson and James Gathings kill two African American men near Clifton. They are not prosecuted.
Enslaved Youth Killed by Indians in Palo Pinto
An enslaved boy, in addition to two white men, are killed by Reserve Indians about seventy miles west of Fort Worth.
Mexican Lynched near Texana
Seeking to run away with an enslaved woman from Texana, a Mexican man is pursued by local residents and lynched on the...
Waxahachie Enslaved Man Hanged
Settler vigilantes from Waxahachie hang an enslaved man at Red Oak Creek, accusing the man of conspiring to murder whites in...
Three Waxahachie Enslaved Men Hanged
White vigilantes hang three enslaved men, Sam Smith, Cato, and Patrick, in Waxahachie, having accused them of conspiring to...
Black Man Hanged at Red Oak
A black man alleged to be the ringleader of a plot to poison the water supply at Red Oak is hanged by vigilantes in present-...
Blacks Hanged for Alleged Rebellion
Around twenty blacks are hanged in connection with an alleged slave rebellion in Waxahachie.
Battle of the Nueces
Confederate troops attack a group of 60 German Unionists traveling to Mexico on the West Nueces River, about fifteen miles...
Mexicans Kill San Antonio River Settlers
William H. Patton and another man are killed by a party of Mexicans while bathing in the San Antonio River near Patton’s...
African American Man Sentenced to Death by Vigilantes in Danville
An African American man named Allen is sentenced to death for insurrectionary activity thirty miles east of present-day...
Enslaved Man Whipped on Orders of Committee in Plano
An enslaved man named Dick is given fifty lashes by a committee in Plano for involvement in inciting a slave rebellion.
Salt War Riot
Armed Mexicans riot and take over the town of San Elizario, sixteen miles south of El Paso, to protest Anglo-American...
Texas Rangers Kill Socorro Resident
On their way to San Elizario to bury the victims of the Salt War uprising, Texas Rangers and a posse led by Sheriff Charles...